Why Greek, Roman and Norse mythologies are overused, where others rarely get used? (fedia.io)

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Why Greek, Roman and Norse mythologies are overused, where others rarely get used?

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[-] Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's interesting that so many religions from all around the world has a 'big flooding' story in it.

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

Pretty much every place where humans lived on for any period of time has had a devastating flood event, so it's a "no brainer" when you think about it, much like how most (every?) ancient religions saw Sol and Luna as some sort of god/dess

[-] lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

I also think that it's interesting. And I wonder if it's something shared by the "collective memory" of humankind, or if it's just that flooding events are so common and impactful that any culture is almost certain to develop that myth, given enough time.

[-] Soggy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

We keep living next to rivers because reliable water is the single most important consideration. Flooding happens. Most parts of the world independently developed sun and moon worship as well, and name colors in roughly the same order.

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